Launcher blur borked only when opening and closing from typing in overview

[shaplyd]

Compositor

Niri

Distribution

Arch Linux

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CachyOS

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DankInstaller

Was this your original Installation method?

Yes

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No response

dms doctor -vC

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## DMS Doctor Report

System

• [ok] Operating System: CachyOS
  • ID: cachyos, Version: rolling, Arch: amd64
• [ok] Architecture: amd64
• [ok] Display Server: Wayland
  • WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1

Versions

• [ok] DMS CLI: dms v1.4.0-405-gdc5636be
  • /usr/bin/dms
• [ok] Quickshell: Quickshell 0.2.1 (revision 08058326f04e9b5e55c903b3702405a8d3556ac6, distributed by AUR (package: quickshell-git))
  • /usr/bin/qs
• [ok] DMS Shell: v1.5-beta
  • /usr/share/quickshell/dms

Installation

• [ok] DMS Configuration: Found
  • /usr/share/quickshell/dms
• [ok] shell.qml: Present
  • /usr/share/quickshell/dms/shell.qml
• [info] Install Type: System package
  • /usr/share/quickshell/dms

Compositor

• [ok] niri: 25.11
  • /usr/bin/niri
• [info] Active: niri
• [ok] Background Blur: Supported
  • Compositor supports ext-background-effect-v1

Quickshell Features

• [ok] Polkit: Available
  • Authentication prompts
• [ok] IdleMonitor: Available
  • Idle detection
• [ok] IdleInhibitor: Available
  • Prevent idle/sleep
• [ok] ShortcutInhibitor: Available
  • Allow shortcut management (niri)
• [ok] BackgroundBlur: Available
  • Background blur API support in Quickshell

Optional Features

• [ok] accountsservice: Available
  • User accounts
• [ok] power-profiles-daemon: Available
  • Power profile management
• [ok] logind: Available
  • Session management
• [ok] cups-pk-helper: Available
  • Printer management
• [ok] I2C/DDC: 3 monitor(s) detected
  • External monitor brightness control
• [ok] qt6-imageformats: Installed (1 formats)
  • Formats: GIF (/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/imageformats:/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/imageformats)
• [warn] kimageformats: Not installed
  • AVIF, HEIF, JXL support
• [ok] Terminal: ghostty, alacritty
• [ok] Network: NetworkManager
  • NetworkManager present. Using NM API.
• [ok] matugen: Installed
  • Dynamic theming
• [ok] dgop: Installed
  • System monitoring
• [ok] cava: Installed
  • Audio visualizer
• [ok] khal: Installed
  • Calendar events
• [ok] danksearch: Installed
  • File search
• [ok] fprintd: Installed
  • Fingerprint auth

Config Files

• [ok] settings.json: Present
  • /home/XXX/.config/DankMaterialShell/settings.json
• [info] clsettings.json: Not yet created
  • /home/XXX/.config/DankMaterialShell/clsettings.json
• [ok] plugin_settings.json: Present
  • /home/XXX/.config/DankMaterialShell/plugin_settings.json
• [ok] session.json: Present
  • /home/XXX/.local/state/DankMaterialShell/session.json
• [ok] dms-colors.json: Present
  • /home/XXX/.cache/DankMaterialShell/dms-colors.json

Services

• [ok] dms.service: enabled, active
• [ok] greetd: enabled

Environment

• [info] QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME: qt6ct
• [info] QS_ICON_THEME: Not set

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Summary: 0 error(s), 1 warning(s), 35 ok

Description

Open and close the launcher a bunch of times by typing in overview causes blur to flicker and sometimes get stuck
Does not happen when launched with

spawn "dms" "ipc" "call" "spotlight" "toggle"

Expected Behavior

Act the exact same as ipc toggle

Steps to Reproduce

1. open overview
2. type
3. escape, backspace or close overview
   Spamming results in the blur getting stuck sometimes

Error Messages/Logs

No response

Screenshots/Recordings

screenrecording-2026-04-28_22-19-00.mp4